distance
Speech parts
1. distance - Noun
2. distance - Verb
Meaning
The space between two objects; the length of a line, especially the shortest line joining two points or things that are separate; measure of separation in place.
A space marked out in the last part of a race course.
Relative space, between troops in ranks, measured from front to rear; -- contrasted with interval, which is measured from right to left.
Space between two antagonists in fencing.
The part of a picture which contains the representation of those objects which are the farthest away, esp. in a landscape.
Ideal disjunction; discrepancy; contrariety.
Length or interval of time; period, past or future, between two eras or events.
The remoteness or reserve which respect requires; hence, respect; ceremoniousness.
A withholding of intimacy; alienation; coldness; disagreement; variance; restraint; reserve.
Remoteness in succession or relation; as, the distance between a descendant and his ancestor.
The interval between two notes; as, the distance of a fourth or seventh.
To place at a distance or remotely.
To cause to appear as if at a distance; to make seem remote.
To outstrip by as much as a distance (see Distance, n., 3); to leave far behind; to surpass greatly.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Age, like distance lends a double charm.
Idealism increases in direct proportion to one's distance from the problem.
Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.
The big drum only sounds well from a distance.
Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.